The Week of Kindness

The graphic revolt of Max Ernst.

The Week of Kindness

Une semaine de bonté (“A Week of Kindness”) is the book by Max Ernst, first published in 1934. It comprises 182 images created by cutting up and re-organizing illustrations from Victorian encyclopedias and novels, and projects recurrent themes of sexuality, anti-clericalism and violence, by dislocating the visual significance of the source material to suggest what has been repressed.